About the Authors

Daniel Kim

Affiliations Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Laila Zai

Affiliations Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Surgery Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peng Liang

Current address: Neurosurgery Department, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Affiliations Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Surgery Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Colleen Schaffling

Affiliation Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David Ahlborn

Affiliation Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Larry I. Benowitz

* Email: larry.benowitz@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Laboratories for Neuroscience Research in Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Surgery Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ophthalmology Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK LZ LIB. Performed the experiments: DK CS DA LIB. Analyzed the data: DK LZ LIB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LIB. Wrote the manuscript: DK LIB. Review/edit manuscript: DK LZ LP CS DA LIB.